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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Marías, Javier ; Costa, Margaret Jull
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| Publisher: |
New Directions Publishing Corporation
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| Date: |
11/13/2012
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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Slippery figures in anomalous situations - ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals- haunt these stories by Javier MarÃas: the characters come bearing their strange and special secrets, and never leave our minds. In one story, a man obsessed with his much younger lover endlessly videotapes her every move, and then confides his surprising plans for her; in another, a ghost can't stop resigning from his job. Masterfully, MarÃas manages in a small space to perplex and delight. "The short story fits MarÃas like a glove," as Le point noted. His stories have been hailed as "formidably intelligent" (
The London Review of Books), "a bracing tonic" (
The Chicago Tribune), and "startling" (
The New York Times Book Review).
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